That's the promise from organizers of this year's Canada D'eh event, which will run from 11 a.m. until dark at Tecumseh Park on Sunday, July 1.

Pete Martin of TVCogeco unveiled some of the local entertainers who will be on hand for the event at a press conference in the park Thursday.

Almost a dozen acts submitted audition videos online through Cogeco's Step Up To The Mic promotion on Facebook, each vying for one of five spots in the Canada D'eh lineup.

The successful applicants were The Boxcars, new age artists Chris Rupert and Falling Edge, teen rock group Diesel and local recording artist Mike Cerveni.

James MacNeil will bring his clean brand of comedy to the stage as co-emcee, along with hip hop musician Cary 'Southpaw' Templeman and Martin.

Glen Burk and Noel Marentette of The Boxcars were on hand for the press conference sans lead singer Brenda Kent.

Their specialty is folk songs of the 1960s, and Burk said, “the Baby Boomers were weaned on folk music,” featuring songs like Blowin' In The Wind, If I Had A Hammer and Where Have All The Flowers Gone?

Martin said this is the second year for the Step Up To The Mic promotion, and in addition to entertaining in the park, the performers will also have some of their original music taped throughout the day on the Kiwanis Theatre stage. Those attending Canada D'eh are encouraged to sit in on the taping as well.

Fannie Vavoulis, Canada D'eh's main stage co-ordinator, said there is lots of other entertainment scheduled for the day. In total, over 15 bands and dance groups will be taking part in the day, all of whom are volunteering their efforts.

Jeanette Smith, who is the event chairperson said that there will be all sorts of activities and food, arts and craft vendors in the park, and for the youngsters, more inflatables have been added to this year's event.

“There's a fantastic lineup,” she said.

MacNeil said he's always impressed with the level of local talent and said he's looking forward to sharing the stage with Templeman and Martin.

Templeman said he's been watching the Canada D'eh event get “bigger and better” each year and said this year's event will be no exception.

Smith said a new addition to the festivities this year is an 1812 encampment which will be set up down by the river near the bandshell. She said there will be First Nations and American representatives, with participants in traditional attire and campfires burning.

The Chatham Model Railroad Club will also be participating in this year's event and the Canadian Cowgirls will be performing as well.

The day will begin at 11 a.m. and the annual Canada Day parade will begin at 4 p.m. from its starting point on Sandys Street. The official cake-cutting will begin at 6:30 p.m.

The entertainment lineup for the day is as follows (including set up/tear down time):

・ 11 a.m. Pubcrawlers

・ 11:30 a.m. Boxcars

・ 12 p.m. Pure Academy

・ 12:30 p.m. Southpaw

・ 1 p.m. All That Jazz

・ 1:30 p.m. Diesel

・ 2 p.m. Letterbomb

・ 2:30 p.m. Cornell School of Irish Dance

・ 3 p.m. Dee & The Retasselers

・ 3:30 p.m. Mike Cerveni

・ 4 p.m. Chris Rupert

・ 4:30 p.m. Objective Unknown

・ 5 p.m. Reminisin Records/Charlie Burgess

・ 6 p.m. Cake/presentations

・ 6:30 p.m. Canadian Cowgirls

・ 7 p.m. Long Lots

・ 7:45 p.m. Face 4 Radio

・ 8:30 p.m. Superfly

Superfly will continue playing until the fireworks begin and once the fireworks have ended, the event will be over for another year.

Canada D'eh has been a volunteer-driven event since 2005, and Vavoulis said last year's event attracted some 10,000 people to the park throughout the day.